It’s the season for Celebrations and Ceremonies, each of which are elevated with locally-grown blooms. We are delighted to treat you to an issue filled with design ideas for weddings grand or intimate! Thanks to the gifted flower farmers and sustainably-minded floral artists in the Slow Flowers Community, we’re sharing 10 nontraditional boutonniere designs and five real weddings with a decidedly local aesthetic. We honor couples who view their memory-making through season and place, enriched by florals sourced close to home across the U.S.

This issue also celebrates the Slow Flowers practitioners whose work influences their communities. We profile Gina Lett-Shrewsberry of Inspirations by Gina, a not-so-quiet trailblazer for beauty, intentionality, and inclusion through her floral art. Farmer-florist Maya Littlefield, who recently participated in our recent Slow Flowers Creative Writing Course, has shared a special essay about her influential grandmother who instilled a passion for flowers and art. A mother’s instruction and guidance plays a large role in flower farmer Tracy Yang’s story of her Hmong-American traditions, featured in our Flora Culture series. Our Where We Bloom series visits Feast & Flora in Charleston, South Carolina, where Laura Mewbourn’s
retail space brings the flowers she grows closer to her community and customers.

Click here to read the Spring 2023 issue of Slow Flowers Journal